Difference between Smoke and sanity Testing?

[Kiranpr]

Could anyone help me on, what exactly the difference between Smoke and sanity Testing?

Thanks
Kiran Prasad R
Engineer QA

[netrapalg]

SMOKE Testing- When testing team receives the build from the Development team first time, testing team executes the selected test cases which covers the major functionality of the application. if all the major functionality is working fine than testing team accept the builds for further testing.

Smoke testing is scripted.

Sanity Testing- When testing receives the build with minor changes, testing team checks the particular functionality. its working or not. it has not the selected test cases.

Sanity testing is unscripted.

[Anitha Kaasam]

Smoke testing is the First level testing for any application and we test only required fields of the application

In the sanity testing we test all the fields.

Ex: For log in form

In the smoke testing we test only User name password and submit button
in the sanity testing we also test Remember me fields also

[Radha]

smoke testing:once we got the build from developers will conduct the rough test whether it is eligible for detailed testing or not
sanity testing:once system testing is done application is ok for UAT testing or not

[michealsmith]

Smoke testing is verified whether the build is testable or not. And sanity testing is one time testing process.

[Vijay]

here is my post to explain difference between smoke and sanity testing
http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/smoke-testing-and-sanity-testing-difference/

[dheerajs]

Hi Kiran

Smoke testing: It is done to test the whole application  but not in depth just like health check up.It's purpose is to check all major parts of application is working fine or not so that we can go for detailed testing of some of those parts.
It is done to gain confidence in whole system.

Sanity testing: It is done to test  the functionality of some part of an application in details. There are no script or set of rules for doing this.